Angela Merkel

Posted by: R. Mitchell in Trump Administration April 27, 2018
President Donald Trump and Chancellor Angela Merkel met in the Oval Office Friday to discuss trade, jobs, and security. “The close friendship between America and Germany is built on our shared values. … It is the foundation of a very, very hopeful future,” the

As French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel beat a path for the White House in back-to-back visits this week, the media coverage of U.S. – European Union relations is focused on efforts to convince President Donald Trump to keep faith with his predecessor Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran. Left largely unreported

Syrian President Bashar Assad is not an independent actor. The Assad regime owes its existence to Iran and Russia. Bashar Assad would never have carried out his April 7 chemical weapons attack against rebel forces and their families in Douma, outside Damascus, if he hadn’t received a green light from Russia and operational assistance and

Nearly 13 per cent of residents in central-European powerhouse Germany are now foreign-born according to the national statistics bureau, in news that comes shortly after the revelation that nearly a quarter of all Germans possess a migrant background. The foreign-born population of Germany rose 5.8 per cent in 2017, a slightly less pronounced growth than the previous

A senior politician in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Union has said that Islam “makes little contribution” to the foundation of Europe and that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán “holds the key” to solving the EU’s migrant problems. “Islam belongs just as little to Europe as it belongs to Germany,” Christian Social Union (CSU) of Bavaria

Angela Merkel has admitted the existence of ‘no-go areas’, where outsiders are afraid to enter, in Germany. In an interview with RTL earlier this week, the acting Chancellor also conceded that the huge influx of third world migrants who arrived after her decision to throw open the border in 2015 has “raised multiple questions”. Merkel